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View article: Examining the correspondence between political ideology and gun policy attitudes among Black and White people in the United States
Examining the correspondence between political ideology and gun policy attitudes among Black and White people in the United States Open
The present research examined whether political ideology corresponded with gun attitudes among people disproportionately experiencing gun violence—Black people in the United States. Across four studies ( N = 25,847) we found that race (Bla…
View article: Not all procrastination is created equal: The buffering effect of productive procrastination
Not all procrastination is created equal: The buffering effect of productive procrastination Open
Procrastination has long been viewed as detrimental to subjective well-being and task performance. However, recent research challenges this view, suggesting that procrastination can be adaptive in certain contexts. We introduce a new defin…
View article: Trust and Privacy Concerns Among Cancer Survivors Who Did Not Visit a Research Website Offering Free Genetic Counseling Services for Families: Survey Study
Trust and Privacy Concerns Among Cancer Survivors Who Did Not Visit a Research Website Offering Free Genetic Counseling Services for Families: Survey Study Open
Background Digital health tools, such as websites, now proliferate to assist individuals in managing their health. With user input, we developed the Your Family Connects (YFC) website to promote access to genetic services for survivors of …
View article: Multilevel facilitators of pediatric asthma outcomes: The role of caregiver self-efficacy.
Multilevel facilitators of pediatric asthma outcomes: The role of caregiver self-efficacy. Open
Social-environmental factors may be an underrecognized driver of caregiver self-efficacy and its consequent child asthma outcomes. Interventions focused on building resources at the community level and strategies that promote caregiver hea…
View article: Testing a Population-Based Outreach Intervention for Ovarian Cancer Survivors to Encourage their Close Relatives to Consider Genetic Counseling
Testing a Population-Based Outreach Intervention for Ovarian Cancer Survivors to Encourage their Close Relatives to Consider Genetic Counseling Open
Background: Most relatives of women with ovarian cancer are unaware of their increased risk for cancer and their eligibility for genetic counseling. State cancer registries offer a platform to communicate about inherited risk to this popul…
View article: Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play? Open
These results suggest that interventions might be particularly useful if they focus on the affirming nature of asthma management behaviors. However, such interventions should acknowledge structural factors (e.g. poverty) that constrain car…
View article: I don’t know my child’s asthma risk: evidence against satisficing as an explanation for ‘don’t know’ responses
I don’t know my child’s asthma risk: evidence against satisficing as an explanation for ‘don’t know’ responses Open
Several studies suggest that "don't know" (DK) responses to risk perception items may represent meaningful expressions of uncertainty about disease risk. However, researchers are often discouraged from including a DK response option in sur…
View article: Through the Zoom window: how children use virtual technologies to navigate power dynamics in research
Through the Zoom window: how children use virtual technologies to navigate power dynamics in research Open
Virtual technologies gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic for use in research, including research with children. As scholarship from the field of science, technology and society (STS) suggests, technologies are never neutral, but…
View article: Exploring Caregiver Interest in and Preferences for Interventions for Children With Risk of Asthma Exacerbation: Web-Based Survey
Exploring Caregiver Interest in and Preferences for Interventions for Children With Risk of Asthma Exacerbation: Web-Based Survey Open
Background Maintaining control of asthma symptoms is the cornerstone of asthma treatment guidelines in the United States. However, suboptimal asthma control and asthma exacerbations among young people are common and are associated with man…
View article: Linking cognitive and affective heuristic cues to interpersonal risk perceptions and behavior
Linking cognitive and affective heuristic cues to interpersonal risk perceptions and behavior Open
People often use cognitive and affective heuristics when judging the likelihood of a health outcome and making health decisions. However, little research has examined how heuristics shape risk perceptions and behavior among people who make…
View article: Exploring Caregiver Interest in and Preferences for Interventions for Children With Risk of Asthma Exacerbation: Web-Based Survey (Preprint)
Exploring Caregiver Interest in and Preferences for Interventions for Children With Risk of Asthma Exacerbation: Web-Based Survey (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Maintaining control of asthma symptoms is the cornerstone of asthma treatment guidelines in the United States. However, suboptimal asthma control and asthma exacerbations among young people are common and are associated with ma…
View article: Caregiver Perceptions of Change in Pediatric Asthma Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Caregiver Perceptions of Change in Pediatric Asthma Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
The mismatch between caregivers' perceptions of their child's early-pandemic asthma control and their reports of ED visits and use of emergency relief medicine suggests that caregivers may rely on a gist (a global evaluation that can inclu…
View article: Interpersonal comparison among caregivers of children with asthma
Interpersonal comparison among caregivers of children with asthma Open
Objective: We examined the extent to which caregivers of children with asthma used interpersonal comparisons-a novel comparison process that parallels social comparison and temporal comparison-to form judgments about their child. Methods &…
View article: Psychometric properties and predictive validity of the PP-ACT
Psychometric properties and predictive validity of the PP-ACT Open
Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2022.2036755 .
View article: Examining commonsense epidemiology: The case of asthma
Examining commonsense epidemiology: The case of asthma Open
Commonsense epidemiology—how lay people think about diseases and their causes and consequences—can influence how people respond. We examined three lay epidemiological beliefs about 20 triggers and 19 symptoms among 349 caregivers of childr…
View article: Guidelines for Conducting Virtual Cognitive Interviews During a Pandemic
Guidelines for Conducting Virtual Cognitive Interviews During a Pandemic Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged researchers working in physical contact with research participants. Cognitive interviews examine whether study components (most often questionnaire items) are worded or structured in a manner that allow…
View article: Guidelines for Conducting Virtual Cognitive Interviews During a Pandemic (Preprint)
Guidelines for Conducting Virtual Cognitive Interviews During a Pandemic (Preprint) Open
UNSTRUCTURED The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged researchers working in physical contact with research participants. Cognitive interviews examine whether study components (most often questionnaire items) are worded or structured in a man…
View article: Situating household management of children’s asthma in the context of social, economic, and environmental injustice
Situating household management of children’s asthma in the context of social, economic, and environmental injustice Open
By connecting social, economic, and environmental injustices to the everyday circumstances of asthma management, our study can help providers understand how social contexts challenge asthma management and can open conversations about barri…
View article: Self-Esteem in 60 Seconds: The Six-Item State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES-6)
Self-Esteem in 60 Seconds: The Six-Item State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES-6) Open
With 20 items, the State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES; Heatherton & Polivy, 1991) can be cumbersome in settings that demand efficiency. The present research created an efficient six-item version of the SSES that preserves score reliability …
View article: Perceptions of comparative optimism and perceptions of career success: Experimental evidence for a bidirectional effect
Perceptions of comparative optimism and perceptions of career success: Experimental evidence for a bidirectional effect Open
Audiences generally view people who display more (versus less) comparative optimism more favorably. We explored whether audiences view a target who displays comparative optimism as more professionally successful, and conversely, whether th…
View article: Automatic attitudes and health information avoidance.
Automatic attitudes and health information avoidance. Open
The data suggests that automatic processes play an important role in predicting health information avoidance and suggest that interventionists aiming to increase information seeking might fruitfully target automatic processes. (PsycINFO Da…
View article: Attitudes Towards Guns at Florida Universities
Attitudes Towards Guns at Florida Universities Open
A project page containing supporting materials and documentation for our publications regarding attitudes toward campus carry legislation (i.e., legislation to allow people with a concealed weapons license to carry concealed firearms on co…